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Every time you download something on your Android device, it is by default saved to the phone’s internal memory. Even though doing so doesn’t harm the hardware of your smartphone or tablet, with regular downloads your device may eventually run out of space, which may further decrease its performance.
To avoid any such issues, it’s best to set the default download location to the SD card of your device.
Although the steps to change the download location may vary for the devices from different vendors, and some of them may not even allow you to do so, the process used with a free third-party tool called ES File Explorer File Manager is generic and works on almost all Android phones and tablets.
Here’s how you can use ES File Explorer File Manager to set the default download location to an SD card on your Android device:
- ■Obtain ES File Explorer File Manager
Launch Play Store, search for ES File Explorer File Manager, tap INSTALL in the app’s page, and tap ACCEPT. This downloads and install ES File Explorer File Manager on your Android device. The app can not only change the default download location, but is an efficient file explorer with an intuitive interface that can help you manage your files and folders on your smart device with ease as well.
■Launch ES File Explorer File Manager
Tap OPEN on the app’s page, swipe the initial screens to the left, tap START NOW on the final screen, and tap OK on the popup box that appears next. This launches and initializes ES File Explorer File Manager. From here you can begin using the app normally.
Note: You can also launch ES File Explorer File Manager by tapping its shortcut icon on the Home screen or in the App Drawer.
■Get to the Directory settings
Tap the Menu icon from the top-left corner, tap Settings, and tap Directory settings. This opens the Directory settings window. Here you can change the default locations for the Home directory, Bluetooth share directory, and of course the default download location.
■Get to the Download path window
Tap Download path. This opens the Download path window. This is the place all your downloaded files are currently saved to.
■Change default download location
Tap the back button multiple times until you see / at the top of the directory list, tap your SD card from the list (/storage/A2E2-0FE4 for this example), and click OK when inside the SD card container. This changes the default download location to the SD card. From this point onward, all the downloaded files will be saved to the SD card’s main directory itself. Optionally, you can tap your preferred folder inside the SD card to set it as your default download location.
I only just recently realized the photos on my Galaxy Note 2, other than the camera, all save to the internal storage (which is weird and kind of stupid because my past phone was also a Samsung, specifically an Exhibit 4g, and it didn't do this) and I want to get them to my sd card. Now I'm well aware I can connect my phone to my PC and move them manually- I've done that already. But when I save more pictures from apps like Twitter, Snapchat or Kik or something, they just make another folder on the internal storage, instead of being directed to the SD Card. Is there a way to make the photos saved from apps and stuff save directly to the SD Card? Or will I have to move them manually from now on?
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Webbie savage life download free. The built in camera app that came with your phone can be set to save to the SD Card. Go to Settings… Scroll down to bottom and hit Storage… Then select the SD Card instead of the internal memory.
If you use a 3rd Party camera app… Then the answer is NO. Google changed Android 4.4 to prevent apps from having write privileges to the SD Card. The only way around that is to Root your phone and installed either the SDFix app from the Play Store or the Xposed Framework with a module that gives you access again.
- Why can't I save photos or share photos externally anymore? I have a Samsung s5. I've been sharing photos externally from Facebook but now all of a sudden I can't. It won't let me share them externally saying no way to share photo and it won't let me save them saying there was an error. I haven't put anything new on the phone.
- My Phone won't let me view my photos saved on my SD card! (Samsung Galaxy S5)? So recently i got a notification saying that i was running out of internal space so i moved a lot of apps and photos/videos to my SD card. However now that i've done that, its not letting me view them in my gallery but i know its picking up my card because if go onto 'my files' then it shows me all my photos.
- How to make it so that my apps automatically download to my sd card on galaxy s4? I didn't have any internal memory left on my phone, so I bought a 16gb sd memory card, but when I try to download an app from play store it still says 'insufficient memory' and also I always have a notification that I still can't get rid of that says 'Storage space running…' then says 'some system functions may not work'
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